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• Dramatic Arts students mount ominous play from award-winning Canadian playwright

  Thursday, November 26, 2020 | By gminaker

  

  Caption: Members of Sandbox Theatre, Brock University’s Department of Dramatic Arts fourth-year student-run company, rehearse a scene for their online production of Concord Floral by Jordan Tannahill.

  Sandbox Theatre, Brock University’s fourth-year Dramatic Arts student company (DART 4F56 – Advanced Studies in Theatre) is presenting an evocative story about ten teenagers who must face their guilt – and their past.

  The play Concord Floral written by Jordan Tannahill and directed by Dramatic Arts Instructor Ali Joy Richardson will be streamed on the Marilyn I. Walker School of Fine and Performing Arts (MIWSFPA) YouTube channel. The performances run Friday, Dec. 11 at 7:30 p.m., Saturday Dec. 12 at 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, Dec. 13 at 2 p.m.

  Written by Canadian theatre maker Jordan Tannahill, two-time winner of the Governor General’s Literary Award for Drama, Concord Floral was nominated for the Governor General’s Award for Drama in 2016 and has been produced by theatre companies across the country.

  Concord Floral follows a group of suburban teens as they contend with their increasing social awareness and consequences of their past actions. Inspired by Giovanni Boccaccio’s thirteenth-century literary classic The Decameron, the teenagers are “fleeing a plague of their own making” after a rumour spreads that two girls have found a body in an abandoned greenhouse called Concord Floral.

  From costume and set design, to lighting, video and sound design, this production is entirely created and produced by fourth-year Dramatic Arts students and directed by playwright and director Ali Joy Richardson. The cast and crew, including student choreographers and composers, are currently spread out across Ontario due to the on-going COVID-19 pandemic. The stage manager for Concord Floral is connecting virtually from Mexico.

  This adaptation of Concord Floral is set in the Niagara region and takes place in the intimate, personal space of the bedrooms of teenagers. Performed on Zoom, the show captures the spirit of adolescence with all its jagged edges. This play amplifies the voices of young people and is proudly presented by the next generation of theatre artists.

  To reserve your viewing spot on the MIWSFPA YouTube channel, please visit Brock University Tickets.

  There is no cost for tickets. Donations are recommended to support the Black Health Alliance, a community-led registered charity working to improve the health and well-being of Black communities in Canada.

   

  Tags: Concord Floral, DART4F56, Department of Dramatic Arts, Dramatic Arts, Jordan Tannahill, MIWSFPA
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• Dramatic Arts rewrites script for online learning with Shaw Festival

  Wednesday, November 04, 2020 | By gminaker

  

  Pictured above: Shaw Festival Theatre actors Jonathan Tan, left, and Olivia Sinclair-Brisbane coached Brock students online in DART 1F01: Acting for Non-Majors. (Photos by David Cooper)

  Originally published FRIDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2020 | by Gillian Minaker

  Brock Dramatic Arts students got a virtual backstage pass to the revered Shaw Festival Theatre this summer.

  An innovative teaching initiative gave students taking DART 1F01: Acting for Non-Majors the opportunity to connect online with and receive personalized coaching from professional actors Jonathan Tan and Olivia Sinclair-Brisbane from the Shaw Festival Theatre permanent company.

  For third-year student Jordan Henderson, the virtual experience was both valuable and uplifting.

  “Jonathan Tan had many wise words that really helped me build confidence in my acting skills,” he said. “He also helped me to understand that what I might consider a mistake, audiences may interpret as something completely different.”

  David Fancy, Professor and Chair in the Department of Dramatic Arts at Brock’s Marilyn I. Walker School of Fine and Performing Arts, developed the course’s online teaching material with the future in mind and produced 700 minutes of lessons over 70 separate videos.

  This foundational acting course, which Fancy describes as “extreme monologuing,” is designed to help students discover the underlying principles of acting. Students explore the actor’s process, including awareness, stimulus, impulse, intention and action.

  “We’re making some exciting changes to DART 1F01,” Fancy said. “We’re using this opportunity to build a course that we can also share with students who have to work remotely in the future.”

  In the virtual coaching sessions, students rehearsed monologues they’d written themselves with the Shaw actors, soaking in their expertise and knowledge.

  Second-year student Benoit St-Aubin gained unique perspective on the acting world, and it left him craving more.

  “I absolutely loved the session that I had with Olivia. We had the opportunity to run through our monologues with her and she gave us great tips to improve them,” he said. “I didn’t realize how much I missed being in class, but this meeting really made me want to go back in September.”

  Fourth-year student Alexandra Hunter was able to immerse herself in the story of her monologue, giving her a deeper connection and understanding of her character and the creative process.

  “I learned so much from Olivia,” Hunter said. “She helped me illustrate the emotions in a strong way so that I knew how to perform them and react accordingly.”

  This opportunity to leverage technology and connect students to professional actors was co-ordinated by Fancy and Dramatic Arts instructor Carolyn Mackenzie in partnership with the Shaw Festival. They worked alongside Shaw’s Senior Manager for Education Suzanne Merriam, Education Assistant Melissa Domingos and Education Co-ordinator Megan Gilchrist.

  This course is just one of the ways Brock’s Department of Dramatic Arts is using innovative thinking and a creative approach to lead the charge on the future of performing arts. This fall, audiences can expect riveting new work, pushing the boundaries of live theatre with the Dramatic Arts mainstage production Scenes from an Execution by Howard Barker.

  More details on the Department of Dramatic Arts and the fall mainstage virtual production are available online.

  Tags: DART, David Fancy, Department of Dramatic Arts, Dramatic Arts, MIWSFPA, Shaw Festival Theatre
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• Dramatic Arts students build connections through Buddy System

  Monday, November 02, 2020 | By gminaker

  

  Originally published in The Brock News: THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2020 | by Gillian Minaker

  Pictured above: Student representatives for Brock University’s Department of Dramatic Arts Luca D’Amico (left) and Diego Blanco (right) connect virtually to discuss their new mentorship program, the DART Buddy System.

  Although they’re not physically on campus this term, Diego Blanco and Luca D’Amico want to ensure Brock’s familiar sense of community is not lost amongst Dramatic Arts (DART) students.

  To that end, the two student representatives created the DART Buddy System, a new mentorship program that was launched at the start of the Fall Term.

  The initiative pairs first- and second-year students with mentors who are in their upper years of study. Mentors provide guidance and answer questions throughout the school year, while also offering moral support and words of wisdom gained through their own experiences in the Department of Dramatic Arts.

  Currently, there are 14 mentors and 42 mentees participating in the program.

  This system provides a helpful structure for new students, quickly connecting them to the strong sense of community that is foundational to DART at the Marilyn I. Walker School of Fine and Performing Arts.

  Despite the challenging circumstances created by the COVID-19 pandemic, maintaining that community feel and sense of belonging was a driving force behind the project, says Blanco. “We want to make this year easier and enjoyable for every student in DART,” he says.

  “During these crazy times, connection with each other is so crucial — and that’s why the Buddy System is important,” adds D’Amico. “It provides students with as much support as possible, building the family that Dramatic Arts is known for.”

  Blanco and D’Amico also lead the planning of weekly and monthly activities that allow all Buddy System participants to get to know each other better.

  Due to public health restrictions, the landscape has drastically changed for new students, meaning those initial connections are harder to make, Blanco says.

  “The reason I love the DART program is because of the relationships that happen outside the classroom, in the common rooms, in the computer commons or even just waiting for the bus,” he says. The Buddy System helps to encourage those connections in a virtual format until in-person activities can resume on campus. Blanco and D’Amico, under advisement from DART faculty and staff, are committed to providing safe opportunities for students to enjoy.

  In addition to the DART Buddy System, Blanco and D’Amico assist the department with orientation sessions and facilitate communication between students and faculty. This year, they have also created the Black, Indigenous and People of Colour (BIPOC) Student Council, which promotes open conversation among students and faculty specific to the concerns of the BIPOC student population.

  Please click here to fill out the DART Buddy System form.

  More information on Dramatic Arts at Brock is available on the department’s website.

  Tags: brockudart, Buddy System, DART, Department of Dramatic Arts, Diego Blanco, Dramatic Arts, humanities, Luca D'Amico
  Categories: Alumni, Announcements, Current Students, Events, Faculty & Instructors, Future students, In the Media, Media Releases, News, Shaw Intern Blog, Uncategorised, Visiting Artists

• Scenes from an Execution: Dramatic Arts in the era of Covid-19! opens Oct.30

  Saturday, October 24, 2020 | By dvivian

  

  scenes from an Execution
  by HOWard Barker

  Scenes from an Execution is a genre-bending feeding frenzy of high impact theatre, art film, and social media. This production features the story of a 16th century punk feminist painter named Galactia. She outsmarts and out-arts all the other hangers-on with her ability to wield a paintbrush and her prowess with a video camera. She stores her lover in a plexiglass box, and, well, everything takes off from there… Taking place in an in-between pandemonium of dozens of separate performance spaces around the region and the world, Scenes From and Execution integrates the live and the recorded, and blood and paint, in festival of good-times-for-all that won’t be easily ignored!
  Directed by David Fancy.

  Live streamed on:
  October 30 at 7:30 PM
  October 31 at 7:30 PM
  November 01 at 2:00 PM
  November 06 at 7:30 PM
  November 07 at 7:30 PM

  Where: created at the Marilyn I. Walker Theatre, 15 Artists’ Common, St. Catharines with content from the performance spaces of students and artists in Canada and Mexico, streamed to the MIWSFPA YouTube Channel.

  Reservations to view the Scenes from an Execution performance of your choice can now be made at brocku.universitytickets.com
  There is no charge for reservations, but numbers are limited. Please book your ticket soon.

  Behind the Screen: See this student video showing how we made Scenes from an Execution,

  Program including statements of purpose from the student artists for Scenes from an Execution is available on the website or for download here

  

  click to open program

  CREATIVE TEAM:

  Director: David Fancy
  Associate Director: Molly Lacey*
  Set/Costume Designer: Kelly Wolf
  Assistant Designer: Wyatt Hoskins*
  Dramaturg: Asenia Hall*
  Choreographer: Trevor Copp
  Dance Captain: Marley Mahon*
  Audio Design: James Dengate*
  Stage Manager: Peter Herbert*
  Asst Stage Manager Alyssa Ruddock*

  CAST:

  Galactia – Holly Hebert*
  Carpeta – Neo Moore*
  Urgentino – Jesse Caines*
  Suffici – Jackson Wagner*
  Rivera – Heidi Nickel*
  Ostensible – Diego Blanco*
  Prodo/Third Sailor – Jarrod Vandenbogaerd*
  Sketchbook/Pastaccio – Celine Zamidar*
  Supporta – Sammie Marett*
  Dementia – Chloe Petrou*
  Sorda/Sailor – Maiya Irwin*
  Official/Gaoler – Isaiah Alton*
  Lasagna/Sailor – Marley Mahon*
  Sailor/Workman/Woman in the next cell – Thea Van Loon*

  PRODUCTION:

  Production Manager: Brian Cumberland
  Technical Director: Gavin Fearon
  Assistant TD: Sid Malcolm*
  Sound Operator: Alex Sykes*
  Head of Wardrobe: Roberta Doylend
  Wardrobe Assistant: Julian Corlett*
  Construction Head: Ed Harris
  SM Supervisor: Carolyn MacKenzie

  ( * DART student)

  Tags: DART, David Fancy, Dramatic Arts, Howard Barker, Mainstage, Play, Scenes from an Execution, theatre
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• Health Sciences students learn to confront personal biases

  Wednesday, October 07, 2020 | By gminaker

  

  Image: Medical Sciences student Larissa DellaVentura took part in an experiential exercise that taught her Health and Canadian Society class about their unconscious biases.

  (Originally published FRIDAY, OCTOBER 02, 2020 in The Brock News | by Douglas Hunt)

  Though she may have appeared to be relaxing on a bench, Larissa DellaVentura was hard at work trying to see the world through the eyes of those around her.

  The third-year Medical Sciences student recently completed an observation exercise where she evaluated the behaviours of people while sitting in a public space and maintaining physical distancing. However, her preparation to complete the exercise started a few days earlier from the comfort of her home office.

  To become accustomed to observing the actions of others while also factoring in circumstances that are not initially obvious, DellaVentura and her Health in Canadian Society class completed an online experiential learning activity designed to heighten their perception of people’s body language as well as their own unintentional biases.

  In order to ensure the activity was completed in a physically distanced manner, local theatre company Mirror Theatre, which is mostly comprised of Dramatic Arts students and alumni, led the class through a virtual exercise that involved analyzing prepared photos and the body language of participants, while also attempting to make assumptions based only on what they had seen.

  “It really demonstrated how we have our own biases and our own unique perspectives,” said DellaVentura of the exercise. “Even as we were looking at the same pose on our screen, some interpreted it as embarrassed, while others believed the person was praying.”

  The course’s instructor, Assistant Professor Valerie Michaelson, said the lessons of empathy and self-reflection the exercise promoted are critical for aspiring health professionals.

  “When we are in professions in the health and medical sciences and don’t take the time to examine our biases, it can very literally be deadly,” she said. “This observation assignment also helps us to see how easy it is to make assumptions about why people have the health experiences they do. When we start to really pay attention, we see that some neighbourhoods have access to safe parks and fresh, affordable produce, but others just don’t. We start to consider how health is about a lot more than self-discipline, and that some of the most important health choices we make are often shaped by matters that are outside our control.”

  In addition to the broadened perspectives experienced by students taking part, those leading the exercise were also able to participate and grow.

  “We successfully accomplished our goal to assist us all in playfully and critically exploring our implicit perspectives on how we read the world,” said Mirror Theatre Artistic Director and Brock Professor of Drama in Education and Applied Theatre Joe Norris. “Feedback from a number of participants indicated that they became more aware of the assumptions that they make.”

  Mirror Theatre member and Brock graduate Bernadette Kahnert (BA, BEd ’19) said her team learned valuable lessons about their own assumptions when it came to online instruction.

  “The workshop was very informative of what can be done online,” she said. “It showed me that remote learning can open up doors I would not have in a traditional face-to-face atmosphere and has given me hope that I can still deliver an in-depth, reflective and educational experience.”

  Once the online portion wrapped up, DellaVentura put the reflective skills she learned to the test in a north-end St. Catharines plaza.

  As an aspiring physician, she said the exercise has encouraged her to look within herself while also being more aware of the circumstances of those around her.

  “We all have our own implicit biases that we may not even be aware of,” she said. “As a health-care professional, it’s important that we confront those biases and not let them influence our decisions.”

  Along with DellaVentura, some members of the class have chosen to safely visit outdoor public spaces, while others have decided to observe from their windows or through other means.

  Regardless of where they chose to conduct their observation, Michaelson is confident that the exercise will have a lasting effect.

  “These exercises light a flame in people, and it grows into something that is long-lasting and transformative,” she said. “We want our students to be leaders in the health-care system who have the skills to identify inequities so that they can then participate in the urgent work of dismantling them.”

  To learn more about Brock’s experiential education programs and in-class workshops, visit the Experiential Education website.

  Mirror Theatre is recruiting new participants from the Brock community with an online orientation meeting on Wednesday, October 7 from 5:15 to 6:45 p.m. Anyone interested in participating is asked to contact Norris at jnorris@brocku.ca for login instructions.

  Tags: Bernadette Kahnert, CCE, Department of Dramatic Arts, Faculty of Applied Health Sciences, Faculty of Humanities, Joe Norris, Larissa DelaVentura, Mirror Theatre, Valerie Michaelson
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• Dramatic Arts graduate’s web series selected for digital innovation grant

  Monday, September 28, 2020 | By gminaker

  

  Image:Department of Dramatic Arts (DART) graduate Marley Kajan (BA ’14) and Connor Ferris, co-creators of new web series Like Comment Subscribe.

  (Originally FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2020 | by The Brock News)

  Marley Kajan (BA ’14), who majored in Dramatic Arts during her time at Brock University’s Marilyn I. Walker School of Fine and Performing Arts, has good reason to celebrate.

  Last week, it was announced that the web series she co-created, Like Comment Subscribe, has been selected for the Canada Council for the Arts and CBC Digital Originals initiative. Kajan noted she and her co-creator, Connor Ferris, are honoured to be recipients of the grant and are excited to kick-off production of their pilot.

  “Like Comment Subscribe follows millennial influencers and BFF’s Meaghan and Avery, who seem to have it all: fortune, fame and followers,” said Kajan. “But when COVID-19 sends their lives into lockdown, the impact begins to reveal the people behind the profiles.”

  In addition to co-creating and co-writing the web series, Kajan, alongside Ferris, will play the two leading roles. In partnership with the CBC, the series will be produced by Hamilton and Toronto-based production company Dei Gratia Pictures.

  Kajan, a bright talent in the Canadian dramatic arts scene, originally hails from Welland. Graduating with a concentration in Performance, she achieved First Class Standing. She was recently invited by the Department of Dramatic Arts to virtually perform for this year’s orientation, inspiring the next generation of students for what promises to be a historic year ahead for the arts.

  “The CBC’s Digital Originals initiative funded by the Canada Council aims to assist artists as they pivot their work, or create new original work, for online distribution as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic,” writes the Canada Council for the Arts. “While many artists are discovering new performance platforms, the creative team behind Like Comment Subscribe will certainly help forge the path to bring compelling stories to audiences across Canada, and beyond.”

  This story was written by Gillian Minaker.

  Tags: alumni, Canada Council for the Arts, Department of Dramatic Arts, Marilyn I. Walker School of Fine and Performing Arts, Marley Kajan
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• Our commitment to you

  Saturday, September 05, 2020 | By dvivian

  Beginning in June, in part prompted by feedback from students and alumni, as well as in observation of momentum of Black Lives Matter, DART faculty and staff began meeting regularly with Brock’s Office of Human Rights and Equity (HRE).

  With the support of HRE staff, our goal is to examine and identify the department’s contributions to white supremacy and all oppressive structures and practices, whether inside or out of the classroom, in the curriculum, in our productions, in our community engagement, and in our relationships with other offices we collaborate with or who represent us.

  Read about the Department’s commitment to you.

  See also: scholarstrikecanada.ca

  Tags: accountable, alumni, anti-oppressive, anti-racist, Black, Black Lives Matter, BLM, class differences, community, community engagement, curriculum, differently-abled, dismantle, economic circumstances, equity, feedback, gender, HRE, Human Rights and Equity, impact, Indigenous, intention, liberation, marginalized, minoritized, neurodivergent, non-white, oppression, Persons of Colour, power imbalances, privilege, privileges, productions, relationships, safety, sexuality, statement, students, white supremacy
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• Joining us for your first year of studies? Interested in a DART minor or elective?

  Wednesday, July 15, 2020 | By dvivian

  

  Welcome to Brock University for September 2020!

  The Chair of the Department of Dramatic Arts, Dr. David Fancy, welcomes you!
  Watch the brief video (also posted on the MIWSFPA YouTube channel.)

  Minor in Dramatic Arts!

  Students in other disciplines may obtain a Minor in Dramatic Arts by successfully completing the following courses with a minimum 60 percent overall average.  You begin with courses in Praxis (Introduction to Theatre and Performance, and Performance as Cultural Practice I), or Drama in Education and Applied Theatre, or Performance and Production and Design, and then select three credits from the entire catalog of DART courses.  Be sure to check for prerequisites!

  DART 1P91 and 1P92, or DART 1P94 and 1P95, or DART 1P97 and 1P99

  three DART credits

  If you are seeking information about the courses at Dramatic Arts during this
  autumn of the covid-19 pandemic, check out this google doc advising sheet.
  You do not require a google account to read the document.

  

  click on the image to open the google doc

  Tags: DART, Dramatic Arts, electives, first year, MIWSFPA
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• DART 1F01: Acting for Non-Majors, now available ONLINE

  Monday, May 25, 2020 | By dvivian

  

  [including content from an article published in The Brock News on TUESDAY, MAY 19, 2020 | by Alison Innes]

  Enliven your TikTok feed, gain the confidence of your own creativity, study acting with the Department of Dramatic Arts!

  The switch to online learning is offering Brock University’s Dramatic Arts students new ways of exploring their craft.

  

  download 2 portrait posters in pdf

  “We’re making some exciting changes to DART 1F01: Acting for Non-Majors,” says Professor David Fancy. “We’re using this opportunity to build a course that we can also share with students who have to work remotely in the future.”

  The course, which Fancy describes as “extreme monologuing,” is designed to help students discover the underlying principles of acting. Students will explore the actor’s process, including awareness, stimulus, impulse, intention and action. Exercises will help students become aware of their ingrained habits and develop playfulness and vitality.

  “We’ve drawn on expertise from actor trainers around the globe,” says Fancy, who has been working on a series of videos featuring professional actors being led through drama exercises. The course consists of 24 modules involving video, reading, and writing.

  Performance submissions (in the form of three separate monologues throughout the course) will be made to the teaching team by video, and there are no specific class times. You can proceed at your own pace though the course during the month-long duration (July). The instructor will be available regularly by phone or video to provide assistance as necessary.

  The course is offered online, July 2-29, 2020.  Please register before July 1, 2020

  For more information: David Fancy dfancy@brocku.ca

  

  download 2 landscape posters in pdf

   

  Tags: acting for non majors, DART 1F01, David Fancy, Dramatic Arts, online
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• Graduate Studies honours Dramatic Arts professor for outstanding mentorship and leadership

  Thursday, May 14, 2020 | By dvivian

  

  Associate Professor Karen Fricker, recipient of the Michael Plyley Graduate Mentorship Award, virtually meets with her graduate student, Russ Martin, and his dog Odee.

  (Excerpted from the article published WEDNESDAY, MAY 13, 2020 in The Brock News | by Lauryn Carrick )

  The Faculty of Graduate Studies (FGS) has named the five recipients of the annual FGS Awards, which were delivered the news in a virtual format for the first time in the awards’ nine-year history.

  The awards, typically handed out at the Mapping the New Knowledges Graduate Student Conference in April, celebrate the accomplishments and excellence of members of Brock University’s graduate community.

  “Despite not being able to recognize our winners in-person at this time, handing out these awards is still an important and meaningful celebration of the outstanding graduate culture that Brock has worked hard to grow,” says Diane Dupont, Interim Dean of Graduate Studies. “Our winners have all greatly contributed to making Brock an excellent place to pursue graduate education.”

  Michael Plyley Graduate Mentorship Award

  The Michael Plyley Graduate Student Mentorship Award normally awards two Faculty members for their outstanding mentorship of graduate students, one in the category or mentorship of only master’s students, and one in the category of mentorship of both master’s and PhD students. However, this year the adjudication committee was unanimous in their decision to name four award winners.

  Michael Pisaric, Professor in the Department of Geography and Tourism Studies, and Karen Fricker, Associate Professor in the Department of Dramatic Arts, were awarded the Mentorship Award in the master’s only category.

  Pisaric says receiving the award was “easily one of the highlights of my career.”

  “When my students approached me about the nomination, I was touched that they thought of me in such regard as to nominate me. To actually receive the award, however, is humbling. Graduate students are at the heart of my research program. Without my amazing students, my research program would not be nearly as successful. We are creating the scientists and leaders of tomorrow ,and my goal is to ensure they are well prepared for whatever path they follow when they leave Brock.”

  Pisaric says one of the most important aspects of being a mentor to his students is cultivating a thoughtful and supportive experience for his students in the same way he received while he was a student.

  The award is equally as meaningful to Fricker, whose advice to students is to “seek out opportunities and giver ‘er. Such mentorship is one of the deepest rewards of academic life.”

  As there are currently no graduate programs in Dramatic Arts, the opportunity for Fricker to supervise graduate students is small. Working with her current student in the master of Arts in Popular Culture has been educational and helped her stay on her own theoretical and critical game.

  When asked to provide advice and insight to others on effectively mentoring students, all winners felt similar in that there was no perfect recipe, but touted open communication, understanding and kindness.

  The full list of this year’s FGS Awards recipients are below.

  Marilyn Rose Graduate Leadership Award

  Rachel Yufei Luan

  Michael Plyley Graduate Mentorship Award

  Karen Fricker
  Michael Pisaric
  Madelyn Law
  Miriam Richards

  Jack M. Miller Excellence in Research Awards (at least one recipient from each Faculty)

  Faculty of Applied Health Sciences

  Talia Ritondo, MA, Applied Health Sciences
  Nigel Kurgan, PhD, Applied Health Sciences

  Faculty of Education

  Monica Louie, MEd, Education
  Susan Docherty-Skippen, PhD, Education

  Goodman School of Business

  Ardalan Eyni, MSc, Management

  Faculty of Humanities

  Simone Mollard, MA, Classics
  Brett Robinson, PhD, Interdisciplinary Humanities

  Faculty of Mathematics and Science

  Scott Cocker, MSc, Earth Science
  Parisa Abbasi, PhD, Chemistry

  Faculty of Social Sciences

  Madeline Asaro, MA, Applied Disability Studies
  Megan Earle, PhD, Psychology

  Tags: Dramatic Arts, Graduate Studies, Karen Fricker, Michael Plyley Graduate Mentorship Award
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